Plans by the McGowan Government to introduce amending legislation to validate granted tenements will provide much needed certainty for mining projects in Western Australia, according to the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME).

A new charter signed today by Premier Mark McGowan and leading resources companies operating in the Pilbara marks the beginning of new era of industry collaboration to provide increased social and economic benefits to communities.

Western Australian-based gas producers, end users, equipment manufacturers and mining services companies attended a workshop today to discuss the possibility of industry’s transition from diesel as a fuel source to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

Today’s announcement by Rio Tinto of $2 million towards developing a Vocational Education and Training (VET) curriculum is part of a wider effort by Western Australia’s resources industry to prepare local students for the mining jobs of the future, according to the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME).

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy’s (CME) Kalgoorlie office will become home to some of Australia’s best scientists, engineers and mining experts as part of an exciting new project to stimulate growth and innovation in Australia’s minerals industry.

The 25,000 West Australians working in the gold sector, and the many thousands of others who rely on the gold industry for their jobs, say thank you to the parliamentary members of the WA Liberals, the Nationals, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers and the Liberal Democrats for vowing to block WA Labor’s flawed plan to increase the gold royalty by 50 per cent.

Hundreds of workers will gather on the steps of Parliament House today at 9am to fight for their jobs and plead with Opposition parties to block the State Government’s proposed 50 per cent increase in the gold royalty rate.